EPPO Global Database

Frankliniella occidentalis(FRANOC)

Distribution details in Australia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 1997: Present, restricted distribution
From CABI Pest map 538 (1999): Present, restricted distribution
From NPPO: Present, restricted distribution
Comments
First detected on a mixed flower farm at Munster, on the outskirts of Perth (Western Australia) in 1993-05; since confirmed on 12 properties in immediate area. Eradication not considered feasible. See also EPPO Reporting Service 94/004.

18th Session of APPPC: country report.

EPPO Reporting Service (97/177): 20th Session of APPPC, Chiang Mai (TH). Since first detection in Western Australia in 1993, has spread to certain areas of other states and become a significant pest. Not present in Tasmania.
References
* Goodwin, S.; Steiner, M. Y. (1996) Bulletin OILB/SROP 19 (1), 47-50.
------- First reported in 1993.